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Pat puppies on a Princess cruise!

In the most important cruise news we’ve heard all year, Princess Cruises has announced that it will be bringing sled dog puppies onboard to meet guests on selected Alaska cruises. Get ready for Puppies in […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 18 2016
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Royal Caribbean Australia’s social media milestone

Royal Caribbean is celebrating a big social media milestone with 200,000 Facebook fans on their official Australia and New Zealand page. On the occasion, the cruise line is offering its Facebook fans an exclusive AU$200 discount per […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 18 2016
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Uniworld’s super ship will sail River Seine in 2017

Its being hailed as Uniworld’s palatial cruise, equipped with butlers, king-size beds, marble bathrooms, featuring antiques and art collection from Sotheby’s and Christies. The boutique river cruise line recently made an announcement about launching SS […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 17 2016
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Aussies eat 22,000 kg of chocolate on P&O cruises

  Australian cruisers have a sweet tooth and P&O Cruises Australia has got numbers to prove it. P&O Australia Chocolate Fast Facts 1. Approximately 22,000 kilograms of chocolate is used every year across its five-ship fleet 2. […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 17 2016
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Queen Mary 2 and Stella Australis meet in Cape Horn

Cape Horn played host to two cruise ships on February 11, Queen Mary 2 and Stella Australis. The moment was indeed rare as one of the world’s biggest cruise ships, Queen Mary carrying 2600 guests […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 17 2016
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MSC cruises dessert innovation with Chef Jean Philippe Maury

MSC Cruises has announced a partnership with renowned pastry chef Jean-Philippe Maury to reinvent its dessert offerings across specialty restaurants and buffets. Chef Maury’s culinary twist is in progress aboard MSC Divina, and will be further […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 16 2016
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Queen Elizabeth’s one day $500,000 contribution to Adelaide

Its a royal welcome for Queen Elizabeth today at Port Adelaide. Cunard’s popular luxury cruise ship makes her maiden call at Adelaide’s Outer Harbour 2 on 16 February 2016. On her first South Australian visit, […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 16 2016
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Brisbane’s $100 million mega cruise ship terminal

A mega cruise project worth $100 million, presented by the Port of Brisbane Authority and supported by Carnival Cruise Line Australia and Royal Caribbean International has gathered momentum. The news reported by Brisbane Times mentioned […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 15 2016
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Seabourn’s plans to impress Australian cruisers

Australia is giving tough competition to the UK to become Seabourn’s second source market after North America. And its not surprising at all that the luxury cruise brand has announced an array of developments to woo […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Feb 15 2016
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Sydney’s four-ship luxe weekend a winner

Lauded as a historic day for Sydney Harbour and a new era in cruising, our most famous port saw a four-ship luxury weekend turned into a global media event today. The Azamara Quest and Ponant’s […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Feb 13 2016
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Set sail for the Solomons

The phrase ‘best kept secret’ is bandied about a lot in the travel industry, but in the case of the Solomon Islands, the description couldn’t be more apt. It’s all here in these 992 islands […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 12 2016
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Sydney Harbour’s cruise emergency on busiest week

  It’s going to be one of the busiest weeks for Sydney’s most famous waterways, and already a medical emergency has shown what can happen in a cruise congested habour. Just hours before three ships […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 12 2016